The Warmth of Other Suns

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The Warmth of Other Suns is Isabel Wilkerson’s acclaimed historical study that traces the lives and journeys of African Americans who left the Jim Crow South for the North and West in the 20th century.

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instanceOf history book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
social history ⓘ
author Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ
awarded Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Mark Lynton History Prize ⓘ
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
centralFigure George Swanson Starling ⓘ
Ida Mae Brandon Gladney ⓘ
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describedAs epic history of the Great Migration ⓘ
explores causes of African American migration from the South ⓘ
impact of Jim Crow laws on African Americans ⓘ
long-term consequences of the Great Migration ⓘ
social and economic conditions in the North and West ⓘ
features personal life stories of migrants ⓘ
focusesOn migration of African Americans from the American South to the North and West ⓘ
genre historical study ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
hasTheme racial injustice in the United States ⓘ
resilience of African American families ⓘ
search for freedom ⓘ
includedIn many university history curricula ⓘ
inspiredBy experiences of African American migrants ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativeForm narrative non-fiction ⓘ
notableFor humanizing large-scale demographic change through individual stories ⓘ
praisedBy The New York Times ⓘ
The New Yorker ⓘ
The Washington Post ⓘ
linked to: Washington Post
publicationDate 2010 ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
setting American North ⓘ
American South ⓘ
American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
shortlistedFor Dayton Literary Peace Prize ⓘ
subject African American history ⓘ
Great Migration ⓘ
Jim Crow laws ⓘ
internal migration in the United States ⓘ
racial segregation in the United States ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1915–1970 ⓘ
titleInspiredBy poem by Richard Wright ⓘ
usesMethod archival research ⓘ
oral history ⓘ

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